48 hours 7 ships have suddenly caught fire in iran the new news agency there is describing it as a series of quote fires and explosions around the country some of which have hit sensitive areas there you can see firefighters you see the rescue officials there looking somewhat perplexed almost confused as they try and put out these blazes that they cant quite explain ok now i mentioned that theres a mystery here and that theres more to this story and well here it is if those fires and explosions were an isolated incident i would not be leading this newscast with this revelation but the fact of the matter is these are not isolated fires theyre not since late june there have been fires and explosions many of them unexplained around. Iranian military nuclear and Industrial Facilities in fact i want to take you through some of these incidents about 3 weeks ago june 26 an explosion occurred just east of tehran near the Parchin Military base the cause was said to be a leak in a gas Storage Fa
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Washington post columnist David Ignatius hosted a conversation with two experts on iran. They discussed irans political future and impact on the greater middle east. This is an hour and a half. Ladies and gentlemen, while my fellow panelists are getting wired up, let me begin our discussion of iran upheaval and repression. Im David Ignatius. Im a columnist for the washington post. Have visited iran several times as a journalist and have a longstanding interest as a commentator and analyst in iran. Im delighted to be joined by two of the people i think understand iran the best in this country. Ill move from my left. Maziar bahari was my colleague as a newsweek reporter in iran. He worked for newsweek from 1998 until june 21st, 2009, when he was arrested and imprisoned in tehran. Youll know if youve read his wonderful memoir, then they came for me, what that imprisonment was like, and if you havent read the book, you can go see the movie because it was made into a movie by jon stewart ca
To lebanon. And flooding in indonesia capital forces thousands of people from their homes and leaves behind a trail of destruction. And london with the top stories from europe including austria is conservative leader lays out his policy plans with the greens as the new coalition brings the Left Wing Party into government for the 1st time. For the sports the n. B. A. Pays its tribute to david stern the man who built the modern game while on the court last years most valuable player gets 2020 off to a flying start for the box. So Turkeys Parliament has given the green light to deploy troops to libya this is in support of the un recognized administration in tripoli thats been fighting against the war lord after remember it was his forces who launched that offensive to capture the capital tripoli last april turkey is saying. Troops will protect not only its rights in the mediterranean but its interests in libya like the deals on korea and tripoli recently signed on military cooperation and
Longstanding interest as a commentator and analyst in iran. Im delighted to be joined by two of the people i think understand iran best in this country, and i will just move from my left, Maziar Bahari was my colleague as a newsweek reporter in iran. He worked for newsweek from 1998 until june 21, 2009, thousand nine, when he was arrested and imprisoned in tehran. You will know if youve read his wonderful memoir, then they came for me, what that imprisonment was like. If you havent read the book, you can go see the movie because it was made into a movie by jon stewart called rosewater if memory serves, was the name and the unmistakable calling card of his interrogator. In 2014 he started something that im sure its know youre too many people in this audience, certainly is a must read for anyone who wants to follow iran, and thats his website called iran wire which gathers information from iran, reporting, commentary, immensely valuable resource for all of us. And Suzanne Maloney who is